The niche at a glance

Demons on Steam: 3,663 released games, 1,142 in the last 12 months, 1,714 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 10. 49% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Demons is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included1,808 releases
p100
p252
median10
p7540
p90188
49% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $5.49 · 10% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
67med 93 · 15% unseen
2020
137med 24 · 31% unseen
2021
280med 21 · 33% unseen
2022
377med 21 · 34% unseen
2023
402med 17 · 37% unseen
2024
607med 14 · 42% unseen
2025
654med 11 · 48% unseen
2026
688med 5 · 60% unseen · 245 too fresh

Demons × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Demons at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Demons ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Difficult66191713.6% 7%–24%12.0%
ordinary ×1.16368 d
Monster Train 2
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Monster Train 2 · Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance · NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Satire9569under 2011.5%
ordinary ×0.97167 d
Demons' Timeline
Priest Simulator: Vampire Show
Demons' Timeline · Priest Simulator: Vampire Show
Isometric63242412.7% 7%–23%11.2%
ordinary ×1.41448 d
Diablo® IV
Look Outside
The Thaumaturge
Diablo® IV · Look Outside · The Thaumaturge
Memes10439under 2011.1%
ordinary ×0.57167 d
Sex, Please
Demons' Timeline
Sex, Please · Demons' Timeline
Dark Comedy54201711.1% 5%–22%9.9%
cliché ×2.47391 d
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley · BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT · The Bathhouse | 地獄銭湯 Restored Edition
Narrative14837under 209.8%
ordinary ×0.93145 d
The Thaumaturge
Luna Abyss
The Thaumaturge · Luna Abyss
Fast-Paced36142111.1% 4%–25%9.5%
cliché ×1.67145 d
DOOM: The Dark Ages
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Painkiller
DOOM: The Dark Ages · BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT · Painkiller
Side Scroller57171810.5% 5%–21%9.5%
ordinary ×1.09350 d
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Silly Polly Beast
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound · Silly Polly Beast · Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Gore16950129.5% 6%–15%9.2%
cliché ×2.82211 d
Diablo® IV
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Look Outside
Diablo® IV · DOOM: The Dark Ages · Look Outside
Old School12846149.4% 5%–16%9.0%
cliché ×1.58166 d
Look Outside
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
Royal Quest Online
Look Outside · BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT · Royal Quest Online
Violent14252129.2% 5%–15%8.8%
cliché ×2.26117 d
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Look Outside
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
DOOM: The Dark Ages · Look Outside · NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Dark Humor9128288.8% 5%–16%8.4%
cliché ×2.22166 d
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Dungeons 4
Forbidden Solitaire
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley · Dungeons 4 · Forbidden Solitaire
VR351198.6% 3%–22%7.9%
ordinary ×0.63446 d
Ghost Watchers
Spectral Scream
Ghost Town
Ghost Watchers · Spectral Scream · Ghost Town
Parody10419under 207.8%
cliché ×1.93803 d
DEVIATOR
DEVIATOR
Lore-Rich1003198.0% 4%–15%7.8%
cliché ×2.02391 d
DOOM: The Dark Ages
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
DOOM: The Dark Ages · BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT · [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
54 pairings cleared 20 releases; 11 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.